Nusantara Beat

Nasantara Beat is a band working out of Amsterdam, comprising members with Indonesian heritage, bringing their traditional music into the contemporary western pop context. Southeast Asian tones are front and center with full commitment, though noticeably starker in their initial set of singles before the band loosened a tad on their self-titled 2025 debut album. Their sound is funky and slinky. Their songs are playful, dynamic, and catchy across the board. They stand out a bit more on the pop (and fun) side of the scale when compared to some of the bands in the previous generation known for a similar fuse of musical traditions (see Khruangbin or Dengue Fever, for instance). Vocalist Megan de Klerk delivers the songs in Indonesian.